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General Description
The MAX8971 evaluation system (EV system) consists
of the MAX8971 evaluation kit (EV kit) and the Maxim
CMAXQUSB or MINIQUSB with extender board command
module.
The EV kit demonstrates the IC 1.55A, 1-cell lithium-ion
(Li+) DC-DC battery charger with I2C capability. The EV
kit charges a single-cell Li+ battery from a DC input
(AC adapter) or a USB 100mA/500mA source and
provides system power from the DC input, USB input, or
battery. Battery-charge current and input-current limits
are independently set. Charge current and input-current
limit can be set up to 1500mA. USB suspend mode is
also supported.
The EV kit comes standard with the MAX8971EWP+
installed. The MINIQUSB interface board can be
used to enable PC communication through the USB
interface board. WindowsM 2000-, Windows XPM-,
Windows VistaM-, and Windows 7-compatible software
along with an extender board allows an IBM-compatible
PC to use to the USB port to emulate an I2C 2-wire interface. This program is menu-driven and offers a graphical
user interface (GUI) with control buttons.
Features
S DC-DC Converter Input-Current Limit

100mA to 1500mA Adjustment Range
(EV Kit Standard Configuration: 500mA)
S 250mA to 1550mA Battery-Charge Current-Limit
Adjustment Range (EV Kit Standard
Configuration: 500mA)
S 50mA to 200mA Done Threshold-Adjustment Range
S Battery-Regulation Voltage-Adjustment Range:
4.1V, 4.15V, 4.2V, 4.35V
S Fast-Charge and Top-Off Timer-Adjustment Range
S Efficient 4MHz Switching Li+ Battery Charger
S I2C Serial Interface with IRQB Indicator
S Selectable Charge Sources Connector

2.1mm Barrel or Micro-USB
S Proven PCB Layout
S Fully Assembled and Tested
Ordering Information appears at end of data sheet.
Component List
DESIGNATION
C1, C3
C2
C4, C5, C8
C6
QTY
2
1
DESCRIPTION
DESIGNATION
QTY
4.7FF Q20%, 6.3V X5R ceramic
capacitors (0402)
Taiyo Yuden
JMK105BBJ475MV-F or
Murata GRM155R60J475ME87D
C7, C12
2
0.1FF, 10V X5R ceramic
capacitors (0402)
C9
1
47FF Q20%, 6.3V X5R ceramic
capacitor (0805)
Taiyo Yuden JMK212BJ476MG-T
1FF Q20%, 6.3V X5R ceramic
capacitor (0402)
Taiyo Yuden JMK105BJ105KV-M
or equivalent
C10, C11
0
Not installed, ceramic capacitors
D1
0
Not installed, diode
J1
1
2 x 10 right-angle female
receptacle
J2
0
Not installed, 1.25mm (0.049in)
lead-free, surface-mount,
right-angle-pitch header
(10 circuits)
J3
0
Not installed, Micro-USB
Hirose Electric ZX62-AB-5PA
3
1FF, 25V X5R ceramic capacitors
(0603)
Vishay VJ0603Y105KXXAC
1
2.2FF Q20%, 6.3V X5R ceramic
capacitor (0603)
TDK C1608X5R0J225M or
equivalent
DESCRIPTION
Windows, Windows XP, and Windows Vista are registered
trademarks and registered service marks of Microsoft
Corporation.
For pricing, delivery, and ordering information, please contact Maxim Direct at
1-888-629-4642, or visit Maxim Integrated’s website at www.maximintegrated.com.
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Component List (continued)
DESIGNATION
QTY
DESCRIPTION
J4
0
Not installed, 2.1mm male power
connector
CUI Inc. PJ-002A-SMT
JU1, JU2
2
2-pin headers
Sullins PEC36SAAN
Digi-Key S1012E-36-ND
JU3, JU4
2
3-pin headers
Sullins PEC36SAAN
Digi-Key S1012E-36-ND
JU5
1
6-pin (2 x 3) header
Sullins PEC36SAAN
L1
1
1FH, 0.050I, 2.7A inductor
TOKO DFE25202C-1R0N
R1
1
0.047I Q1%, 0.125W resistor
(0402)
Panasonic ERJ2BWGR047
DESIGNATION
QTY
R2, R3, R5–R7
5
10kI Q1% resistors (0402)
DESCRIPTION
R4
1
200kI, 25-turn potentiometer
Bourns 3296Y-1-204LF
THRM
0
Not installed, 20kI NTC
thermistor (0402)
Murata NCP15XH103F03
(A = 3380K)
U1
1
1-cell Li+ DC-DC charger (20 WLP)
Maxim MAX8971EWP+
U2
1
Not installed
—
2
Shunts (see Table 1)
Digi-Key S9000-ND or equivalent
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Component Suppliers
SUPPLIER
PHONE
WEBSITE
Bourns, Inc.
408-496-0706
www.bourns.com
CUI Inc.
503-612-2300
www.cui.com
800-344-4539
www.digikey.com
Digi-Key Corp.
Hirose Electric Co., Ltd.
81-3-3491-9741
www.hirose.com
Murata Electronics North America, Inc.
770-436-1300
www.murata-northamerica.com
Panasonic Corp.
800-344-2112
www.panasonic.com
Sullins Electronics Corp.
760-744-0125
www.sullinselectronics.com
Taiyo Yuden
800-348-2496
www.t-yuden.com
TDK Corp
847-803-6100
www.component.tdk.com
TOKO America, Inc.
847-297-0070
www.tokoam.com
Vishay
402-563-6866
www.vishay.com
Note: Indicate that you are using the MAX8971 when contacting these component suppliers.
MAX8971 EV Kit Files
FILE
DESCRIPTION
INSTALL.EXE
Installs the EV kit files on the computer
MAX8971.EXE
Application programs
FTD2XX.INF
USB driver file
UNINST.INI
Uninstalls the EV kit software
USB_Driver_Help.PDF
USB driver installation help file
Note: EV kit software can be found at www.maximintegrated.com/evkitsoftware (step 7 of procedure).
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Quick Start
• MAX8971 EV kit
Required Equipment
• MINIQUSB command module (USB cable included)
• Adjustable DC power supply capable of at least 2.3A
at 14V
• A 3.3V DC power supply (optional)
• Battery or simulated battery (Figure 4)
1-cell Li+
Simulated battery, preloaded power supply
• Digital multimeter (DMM)
• Two 3A multimeters
Note: In the following sections, software-related items are
identified by bolding. Text in bold refers to items directly
from the EV system software. Text in bold and underlined refers to items from the Windows operating system.
Procedure
The EV kit is fully assembled and tested. Follow the steps
below to verify board operation. Use twisted wires of
appropriate gauge (20AWG) that are as short as possible
to connect the battery and power sources.
1) Ensure that the EV kit has the correct jumper settings,
as shown in Table 1.
2) Connect the MINIQUSB interface board J3 and J4 to
the EV kit corresponding connectors.
9) Connect the USB cable from the PC to the MINIQUSB
board. A Building Driver Database window pops
up in addition to a New Hardware Found message
when installing the USB driver for the first time. If
you do not see a window that is similar to the one
described above after 30s, remove the USB cable
from the board and reconnect it. Administrator privileges are required to install the USB device driver
on Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista, and
Windows 7.
10)Follow the directions of the Add New Hardware
Wizard to install the USB device driver. Choose the
Search for the best driver for your device option.
Specify the location of the device driver to be C:\
Program Files\MAX8971 (default installation directory) using the Browse button. During device driver
installation, Windows may show a warning message
indicating that the device driver Maxim uses does not
contain a digital signature. This is not an error condition and it is safe to proceed with installation. Refer to
the USB_Driver_Help.pdf document included with the
software for additional information.
11)Start the EV kit software by opening its icon in the
Start | Programs menu. The EV kit software main
window appears, as shown in Figure 1.
12)Normal device operation is verified when EVKIT
Operational is displayed in the upper left corner of
the EV kit window.
13)The EV kit is now ready for additional testing.
3) Preset the DC power supply to 5V. Turn off the power
supply. Do not turn on the power supply until all
connections are completed.
Detailed Description of Software
4) Connect the EV kit to the power supply, battery or
preloaded power supply, and meters. Adjust the
ammeters to their largest current range to minimize
their series impedance. Do not allow the ammeters to
operate in their autorange mode. If current readings
are not desired, short across the ammeters.
The GUI shown in Figure 1 is the main window of the
MAX8971 EV kit software that provides a convenient
means to control the MAX8971 IC. Use the mouse or
press the Tab key to navigate through the GUI controls.
The correct SMBus read and write operations are generated to update the IC’s internal memory registers when
any of these controls are executed.
5) If jumper JU2 is not populated with a shunt, connect
a second power supply to the I2CIN jumper.
6) Turn on the power supply.
7)Visit www.maximintegrated.com/evkitsoftware to
download the latest version of the EV kit software,
MAX8971Rxx.ZIP. Save the EV kit software to a temporary folder and uncompress the ZIP file.
8) Install the EV kit software on your computer by running the INSTALL.EXE program inside the temporary
folder. The program files are copied and icons are
created in the Windows Start | Programs menu.
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Graphical User Interface (GUI) Panel
The EV kit software main window consists of two tabs,
MAIN (Figure 1) and Registers (Figure 2), to provide
control of the IC software-configurable features. The
MAIN tab sheet provides group boxes, checkboxes,
and pushbuttons of the charger configuration registers. Status indicators are also available to indicate the
read-only registers bit setting. The Registers tab sheet
provides a map of the device registers, as well as configuration control of each register bit.
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Figure 1. MAX8971 Evaluation Kit Software Main Window (MAIN Tab)
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MAIN Tab
The MAIN tab sheet provides group box controls for
the Charger Configuration and Status Indicators
group boxes. Changes to the controls result in a write
operation that updates the appropriate registers of the
charger. Read All buttons are available for reading the
IC registers associated with the respective group box.
The Status group box displays the Device Address,
Register Address, and the last Data Sent in hex format.
In addition, the Status group box also displays the values
set using the Charger Configuration group box settings.
A Default Settings button resets the IC registers to their
power-on default state and a Connect button is available for connecting to the IC when exiting demo mode.
The Auto Read checkbox enables periodic polling of all
register status indicators listed in the Status Indicators
group box.
Charger Configuration
The Charger Configuration group box consists of several group boxes, checkboxes, and radio buttons that
configure the IC registers.
Current Settings
The Current Settings group box consists of the Input
Current Limit (mA), Fast-Charge Current (mA), and
Top OFF Current (mA) drop-down lists, used to set the
system input-current limit, fast-charge current, and top-off
current, respectively. The Pre-Qual Current (mA) dropdown list is inactive and displays the prequalification
current, which is equivalent to 10% of the fast-charge
value.
The Voltage Setting group box consists of the Charge
Termination Voltage (V) and Fast-Charge Restart
Threshold (mV) drop-down lists used for setting the
charger termination voltage and fast-charge reset voltage,
respectively.
Status Indicators
The Charger Interrupts group box consists of checkboxes to disable the IRQB interrupt output during a fault
condition and status indicators obtained from the IC
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registers. When the checkbox is not checked, the
respective status indicator background is blue and
the IRQB output goes low when there is a fault condition. When the checkbox is checked, the respective
checkbox and status indicator background colors are
dark and the IRQB output remains unaffected. A Read
Interrupts button performs a read command of the IC
Charger Interrupt Mask (CHGINT_MSK, address 0x01)
and Charger Interrupt Request (CHGINT, address 0x0F)
registers. When a read command is performed, the
indicator displays LOW if the Charger Interrupt Request
status bit has not changed since the last read of the register, or HIGH if the status bit has changed since the last
read of the register.
The Charger Status and Details group boxes consist
of indicators used to obtain event/status information
from the IC Charger Status (CHG_STAT, address 0x02)
and DETAILS1 (address 0x03) registers using the Read
Status and Read Details buttons, respectively. The
Charger Status group box indicators display VALID
when the charger is operating within its specificed settings and displays INVALID when the charger is operating outside its settings. The Details group box displays
the status conditions of the battery connected at the battery, charger, and thermistor.
The Read All button updates the Bit MASK checkboxes
and all status indicators listed in the Status Indicators
group box. The Auto Read checkbox polls every 10s
and updates all status indicators. Check the Auto Read
checkbox to activate this function.
Register Map Control Interface
(Registers Tab)
To view the IC’s register settings, select the Registers
tab (Figure 2). The value of all control registers is displayed and updated automatically when changes are
made using the GUI. Click on bit names or enter register
values in hexadecimal format to manually program the
IC’s registers. Changes to the register map automatically
update the GUI.
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Figure 2. MAX8971 Evaluation Kit Main Window (Registers Tab)
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Software Startup
Upon starting the program, the EV kit software automatically searches for the MINIQUSB interface board and the
IC default 0x6A ID address. If the MINIQUSB board is not
found, an error box appears (Figure 3), allowing the user
to try to reconnect to the board, exit the software, or enter
demo mode. See the Demo Mode section for additional
information.
Demo Mode
The EV kit software can enter the demo mode, when
the USB connection is not detected, by pressing the
Cancel button on the popup window shown in Figure
3. The software can also enter demo mode at any time
by selecting the Options | Demo Mode menu item from
the main window menu bar. When in demo mode, all
software communication to the EV kit circuit is disabled;
however, most of the software GUI is functional. Demo
mode allows the user to evaluate the software without
hardware connectivity. To exit demo mode, select
Options | Demo Mode from the menu bar or press the
Connect button located at the bottom of the MAIN tab
(Figure 1). In demo mode, Demo Mode is displayed on
the panel and all indicators in the Status Indicators
group boxes display N/A.
Detailed Description of Hardware
The MAX8971 EV kit demonstrates the MAX8971 switchmode charger to charge a one-cell Li+ battery. It delivers
up to 1.55A of current to the battery from inputs up to
7.5V and withstands transient inputs up to 22V. The EV kit
is suited with a general DC input or USB. By connecting
an external MINIQUSB, and launching the EV kit software, the user can adjust the capability of the charger.
The status of charge is also reported on the EV kit GUI.
Table 1 lists jumpers and associated functions that are
available on the EV kit.
Figure 3. MAX8971 Evaluation Kit Interface Pop-Up Window
Table 1. Jumper Functions
JUMPER
NODE OR FUNCTION
JU1
I2CIN input selector
JU2
THM
JU3
I2CIN
JU4
DC_INPUT selector
SHUNT
POSITION
Open
Requires an external source to I2CIN.
1-2*
I2CIN is powered from the MINIQUSB.
Installed
Open
Thermistor adjustment
Shunt to disable the thermistor temperature sensor.
Open for normal thermistor function.
1-2*
R6/R7 (SCL/SDA) resistors pull up to I2CIN.
2-3
R6/R7 (SCL/SDA) resistors pull up to BATT.
1-2
Powers DC_INPUT from USB1 (Micro-USB).
2-3
Powers DC_INPUT from J4 (DC adapter).
Open*
JU5
FUNCTION
Powers DC_INPUT from power supply.
1-2*
THRM1 (10kI) is connected to THM.
3-4
R3 (10kI) is connected to THM.
5-6
R4 (20kI potentiometer) is connected to THM.
*Default position.
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A. Li+ BATTERY
B. SIMULATED BATTERY
(PRELOADED POWER SUPPLY)
BAT
BAT
MAX8971 EV KIT
0 TO 4.2V
R 2.5A
GND
2I
R 10W
MAX8971 EV KIT
GND
Figure 4. Battery Options for Evaluating the MAX8971 EV Kit
DC_ INPUT
1
2
3
J4
4
1
2
TP2
3
TP3
D1
JU4
C5
1µF
25V
C4
1µF
25V
D2
A1
TP4
5
A2
TP5
TP6
PG1
3
AGND
2
C1
4.7µF
C3
C8
1µF
25V
C7
0.1µF
PG2
BST
D5
1
C1
DC2
AVL
4
J1
BYP
DC1
LX
AVL
LX
GND
C2
B1
B2
U1
L1
1µH
MAX8971
PGND
D3
C2
1µF
J1-20
J1-19
J1-18
J1-17
J1-16
J1-15
J1-14
J1-13
J1-12
J1-11
J1-10
J1-9
J1-8
J1-7
J1-6
J1-5
I2CIN
A4
BAT
BAT
BAT
J2-10
J2-9
J2-8
J2-7
J2-6
J2-5
J2-4
J2-3
J2-2
J2-1
A5
C6
2.2µF
IRQB
THM
C9
47µF
B4
I2CIN
C12
0.1µF
AVL
JU3
1
R6
10kI
2
R2
10kI
3
VICHG
R7
10kI
VICHG
THM
THM
THM
B5
JU2
SCL
C4
SCL
SFO
SDA
J1-3
A3
C5
SDA
J2
PGND1
I2CIN BAT
J1-4
J1-2
B3
R5
10kI
JU1
CS
R1
0.047I
IRQB
I2CIN
PVL
CW TO INCREASE
TEMPERATURE
6 5
D4
C3
4.7µF
R4
R3
10kI
J1-1
THRM
20kI
THERMISTOR
2 1
JU5
Figure 5. MAX8971 EV Kit Schematic
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Figure 6. MAX8971 EV Kit Component Placement Guide—
Component Side
Figure 7. MAX8971 EV Kit PCB Layout—Component Side
Figure 8. MAX8971 EV Kit PCB Layout—Inner Layer 2
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Figure 9. MAX8971 EV Kit PCB Layout—Inner Layer 3
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Figure 10. MAX8971 EV Kit PCB Layout—Solder Side
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Ordering Information
PART
MAX8971EVKIT#
MAXC8971EVMINIQU+
TYPE
EV Kit
EV System
#Denotes RoHS compliant.
+Denotes lead(Pb)-free and RoHS compliant.
Note: The EV kit software controls the EV kit, but is designed
for use with the complete EV system. The EV system includes
both the Maxim MINIQUSB module and the EV kit. If Windows
software will not be used, the EV kit board can be purchased
without the MINIQUSB.
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Revision History
REVISION
NUMBER
REVISION
DATE
DESCRIPTION
0
5/12
Initial release
1
9/12
Added R6 and R7 to Component List and Figure 5
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